Scribes, Script and Books : The Book Arts from Antiquity to the Renaissance.

Published by American Library Association, Chicago / British Library, London, first edition, 1991, 1991

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Cloth, gilt cover-title and mounted cover illustration, 4to, 29 cm, xxxii, 356, over 350 ills and maps. A profusely illustrated work. Contents: 1 Writing : Embryo writing ; Systems and stages ; The ancestors of Western script; 2 The alphabet : Principle and system ; Diffusion of the alphabet; 3 The book in the ancient world of Mesopotamia ; History of Mesopotamia: Sumer, Assyria, Babylonia ; Books: materials and techniques ; LIterature ; Illustration ; Scribes Colophons; 4 The Egyptian book : History and evidence ; Materials; Scrolls ; Titles and colophons ; Literature ; Illustrations ; Scribes; 5 The Hebrew book ; History ; Materials ; The making of a Torah scroll ; Scribes ; Books other than the Torah ; Development of the Hebrew codex: the middle ages ; Adornment and illumination of Hebrew manuscripts; 6 The Greek and Hellenistic book : History and evidence ; Materials ; The writing of a scroll ; Readers and scribes ; Colophons ; Literature ; Hellenism and the book ; Parchment; 7 The Roman book : History and literature ; Materials ; Publishers, scribes and readers ; Education ; From scroll to codex; 8 Latin script : Capitals ; Cursive scripts ; Uncials ; Minuscules ; Gothic script ; Humanistic script ; Calligraphy after the invention of printing; 9 Codices manu scripti: books written by hand : The monastery and literary tradition ; Materials ; Design and preparation of the codex ; The scribe ; Colophons ; The artist ; Women and books ; The late middle ages ; Sources of manuscripts; 10 Manuscript illumination : Methodology ; Early Christian and Byzantine manuscripts ; Hiberno-Saxon ; Carolingian Renaissance ; Ottonian ; Romanesque ; Gothic; 11 The Islamic book : Materials: papyrus, parchment, and paper ; Tools, inks, and paint ; Format ; Literature ; Script and scribes ; Illustration; 12 Papermaking : From the Far East to the Near East ; Spain ; Italy ; European methods ; New raw materials ; Innovations; 13 Bookbinding : Technique: forwarding ; Finishing ; History; 14 On the eve of printing : Block printing in the Far East and Near East ; Block printing in Europe ; Block books.; Bibliography; Index. Fine in Near Fine dustwrapper.

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Title
Scribes, Script and Books : The Book Arts from Antiquity to the Renaissance.
Author
Avrin, L. ; Carl, M. ; Ophir, N. American Library Association ; British Library
Publisher
American Library Association, Chicago / British Library, London, first edition, 1991
Publication year
1991
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Binding
Hardcover
Edition
1st Edition
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